The dash and the ellipsis worksheets
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A dash marks a sudden break or sets off a list that renames something. An ellipsis shows that speech or writing trailed off.
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7th grade Core grade
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A dash marks an abrupt break in a sentence or sets off a list or phrase that renames what came before it. An ellipsis, three spaced dots, shows that speech or a quotation trailed off or that words were left out. Seventh graders rewrite each sentence with the mark it needs in the right place.
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8th grade
At eighth grade the ellipsis takes on its second job, L.8.2.b: marking words left out of a line being quoted. The sheet names the words to cut, and the student rewrites the line with the ellipsis in their place. Dashes now come in pairs around a break in the middle of a sentence, or after a list that the rest of the sentence sums up.
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